India sees wettest May over a century, 260 lives lost
India recorded its wettest May since 1901, receiving 126.7 mm of rainfall — more than double the long-period average of 61.4 mm — according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
India recorded its wettest May since 1901, receiving 126.7 mm of rainfall — more than double the long-period average of 61.4 mm — according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Siliguri residents have been facing a severe drinking water crisis for the past two days, triggered by heavy rainfall and flooding in Sikkim.
As incessant rainfall continues to lash Assam and its adjoining regions, the flood situation in the state has turned grim, displacing over 5.35 lakh people across 22 districts and raising the death toll to 11.
Delhi on Sunday evening received moderate rainfall with strong winds gusting up to 90 kmph bringing temporary relief from the heat meanwhile the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning for rain and thunderstorms for the next three days.
The Manipur government has sounded an Orange Alert Warning has been sounded in the state following heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday.
As the government forecasts a second consecutive year of above-average monsoon rainfall, the implications for India’s economy ~ and particularly its rural heartland ~ are profound.
Steady rainfall on Wednesday has helped contain the spread of a week-long wildfire in Ofunato City of Japan's Iwate Prefecture, local media reported.
The districts expecting significant rainfall include Theni, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, and Madurai.
Jawans of NDRF and Andal police have recovered the scooty, which had drowned yesterday at the Singaran river from here today, while the rider Debashish Dutta (58) is still missing.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the Northeast Monsoon is expected to begin by the third week of October, more precisely on October 17.
